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Letters: Son of the Sun

From
JOHN D. RENTON

The interest of John Paul II in reconciling the Catholic Church to the
views of Galileo and Copernicus on the Solar System (Forum, 13 November)
could well be based on his perception of his destiny. I visited Cracow before
he became Pope and in the eyes of its citizens, it was most famous as the
home of Copernicus. Karol Wojtyla was a university student there before
becoming Professor of Moral Theology, Bishop, Archbishop and Metropolitan
of Cracow and finally Cardinal in 1967.

According to the prophecies about the Popes attributed to St Malachy,
he is ‘De Labore Solis’ (from the …